On TV this Sunday – The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai
Tune in to Whakaata Māori (Māori Television) this Sunday 11th February to watch the documentary: The Kiwi, The Knight and the Qashqai. Freeview channel 5 at 7.30 pm. The Kiwi in the title is Anna Williams, Oriental rug repairer. The Knight is Sir David Attenborough and the Qashqai are a tribe of nomads in Iran. Wellingtonian Anna Williams is Aotearoa’s only professional... Continue Reading →
OHMS! Protest!
A Celebration of Resistance. Our documentary screens on Whakaata Māori @ 7pm on Waitangi Day Tuesday 6 February. It's on just before Merata Mita's feature Patu! an excellent film based on the 1981 Springbok tour. In 1972 students and activists formed OHMS...Organisation to Halt Military Service. Crazy pranks & civil disobedience up and down the... Continue Reading →
OHMS! Protest! A Celebration of Resistance
OHMS!…Organisation to Halt Military Service - Our documentary which screened in the Doc Edge Festival 2023, focuses on the power of activism. Students, peace activists & conscious objectors took to the streets to overthrow Compulsory Military Training 50 years ago. The Vietnam war was raging. The streets were full of protesters. One of them, teenager... Continue Reading →
WAHINE 50 Years On
On 10 April 1968, two storms collided over Wellington causing chaos in the city and disaster at sea. The Wahine hit the rocks near the entrance of Wellington harbour. Fifty-three people died. More than 600 survived. There was no counselling, no victim support. All got on with their lives trying to put aside the horrors of... Continue Reading →
Great War Stories
Five series of Great War Stories funded by NZ On Air can be viewed on the Ministry for Culture & Heritage website: www.nzhistory.net.nz/war/great-war-stories Many stories are about individuals not well known outside the families. Click on this image below to take you to five series of mini documentaries. GREAT WAR STORIES for Three's Newshub funded by NZ On Air... Continue Reading →
The Kiwi, the Knight and the Qashqai
AC Productions documentary The Kiwi in the title is Anna Williams, Oriental rug repairer. The Knight is Sir David Attenborough and the Qashqai are a tribe of nomads in Iran. Wellingtonian Anna Williams is Aotearoa's only professional rug repairer. She has been to Iran seven times, sitting with Qashqai women in their tents, trading yarns and learning new weaving techniques. The Qashqai are... Continue Reading →
Running for their Lives
- See: YouTube Updates Anna Cottrell raised funds on Indiegogo.com, an American crowd funding site, to take Terefe Ejigu's mother Mulu to her son's graduation in the States. Terefe left Ethiopia when he was 13 to join his refugee mother in Wellington, New Zealand. He hadn’t seen her for almost 10 years. He spoke limited English when he enrolled... Continue Reading →
Migrating Kitchen
Food is the entree! The Migrating Kitchen Trust celebrates cultural diversity. After the first Migrating Kitchen exhibition at Pataka Museum of Arts and Cultures in 2007, the curators Jennifer Bush-Daumec and Anna Cottrell set up the trust to celebrate diversity. The Trust’s objectives are: To encourage and provide opportunities for people in Aotearoa New Zealand... Continue Reading →
Lest We Forget
January 27 2015 - 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz. Dora Suuring who stars in this DVD is among those gathering at Makara Cemetery. She is now 100 years old. Six Kiwis with personal links to the Holocaust tell their stories. This documentary is screening with the Anne Frank exhibition, which has just opened in... Continue Reading →
AC Productions 